| Feature Type: | Reach - Relatively straight section of a river, lake, or inlet. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | lekw'emin (inlet), between Queens Reach and Prince of Wales Reach, New Westminster Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°02'12"N, 123°52'08"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92J/4 |
| Related Maps: |
92F/16 92G/13 92J/4 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 27 July 1945 on C.3589, as labelled on British Admiralty Chart 579, 1863 et seq. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named c1860 by Captain Richards, RN, after Victoria ("Vicky") the Princess Royal of England who had recently married Friedrich III (Fritz"), the Crown Prince of Prussia. Born 21 November 1840, the first of 9 children born to Queen Victoria; married Friedrich, the Crown Prince, 25 January 1858; reigned as Emperor and Empress Friedrich of Germany for 98 days before the Emperor died of cancer in 1888; she died 5 August 1901. [compare with Princess Royal Island] Source: Walbran, John T; British Columbia Coast Names, 1592-1906: their origin and history; Ottawa, 1909 (republished for the Vancouver Public Library by J.J. Douglas Ltd, Vancouver, 1971) |